Montezuma
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Montezuma, Moctezuma, Moteczoma, Motecuhzoma, Moteuczomah, Mwatazuma, are variant spellings and may refer to:
- Moctezuma II (1466–1520), ninth Aztec Emperor, ruler at the beginning of the Spanish conquest of Mexico
- Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo, Spanish hereditary title held by descendants of Moctezuma II
- Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (born 1940), Mexican archaeologist
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[edit] Operas
- Motezuma, 1733 opera by Antonio Vivaldi (until recently known under the title Montezuma)
- Montezuma (Graun), 1755 opera by Carl Heinrich Graun
- Motezuma (Mysliveček), 1771 opera by Josef Mysliveček
- Montesuma, 1781 opera by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
- Montezuma (opera) (1963), by Roger Sessions
- Die Eroberung von Mexiko (1987–91), music drama by Wolfgang Rihm, libretto by Antonin Artaud and Octavio Paz
- La conquista, 2005 opera by Lorenzo Ferrero
[edit] Places
[edit] In Australia
- Montezuma Falls, Tasmania
[edit] In Brazil
[edit] In Costa Rica
[edit] In Mexico
- Metro Moctezuma, a station on the Mexico City Metro
- Moctezuma, Sonora
- Balcón de Montezuma, an archaeological site in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí, a municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí
[edit] In the United States
- Montezuma, California, ghost town in Tuolumne County
- Montezuma Hills, California
- Montezuma, Colorado
- Montezuma County, Colorado
- Montezuma, Georgia
- Montezuma, Indiana
- Montezuma, Iowa
- Montezuma, Kansas
- Montezuma, New Mexico
- Montezuma Castle (hotel), former hotel, now campus of a United World College
- Montezuma, New York
- Montezuma, North Carolina
- Montezuma, Ohio
- Montezuma Creek, Utah
- Montezuma, Virginia
- Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
[edit] Ships
[edit] Others
- Montezuma (BBC documentary), 2009 TV documentary
- Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde, Arizona
- Montezuma (mythology)
- Moctezuma de Orizaba, defunct Mexican soccer (football) team
- Montezuma, brand of tequila from Barton Brands
- Montezuma, a song by Fleet Foxes from their 2011 album Helplessness Blues.
[edit] See also
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